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W. W. DUNN AND J. H. BEASLEY.

WARDROBE TRUNK LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED A.UG.27. 1919.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

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W. W. DUNN AND J. H. BEASLEY.

WARDROBE'TRUNK LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27 I919- 1,326,037. Patented Dec. 23,1919.

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WILLIAM w. DUNN, or HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA, AND JOHN H. BEASLEY, orNORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOBS T0 snwnnn TRUNK AND BAG coMrANY; orPETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATIONOIE VIRGINIA.

WARDROBE-TEUN K LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23,1919.

Application filed August 27, 19-19. SerialNo. 320,279.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, W LLIAM W. DUNN and JOHN H. BnAsLnY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Henderson and Norfolk, respectively, inthe counties of Vance and Norfolk, respectively, and States of :NorthCarolina'and Virginia, respectively, have in vented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wardrobe-Trunk Locks, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesto wardrobe trunks, and particularly to thelocking mechanism thereof. 7

l/Vardrobe trunks are made in two main sections which are hinged to eachother-so that when the trunk is set up on end, the two sections maybeopened relative to each other to form a wardrobe, and one of thesesections is usually arranged-with a plurality of drawers or likereceptacles, while the other section carries the hangers for supportingclothes. These sections have been locked to each other usually by aplurality of locks, and generally by two locks which work codrdinatelyso that the unlocking of one look will simultaneously release the otherlocking 0r latching device, these other auxiliary looking or latchingdevices being reengaged, when the'sections are-againbrought together, bya reverse movement of the main locking devices. These locking deviceshave generally required that one of thesections be provided withoutwardly projecting keepers adapted to be engaged-by a locking rod onthe other section. These keepers,

, projecting as they do beyond the edge of the section to which they areattached, are

very liable to catch on clothes and are otherwise awkward, inconvenientand detract from the appearance of the trunk when it isopened. In onetype of trunk of this character-,1 furthermore, the locking bar whichengages the two sections of the trunk wit each other is operated bymeans ofa pull rod located on the inside of the trunk,,andj a thirdsection or top is hinaedto one of the main sections of the'trunk andprovided with a lockiand this look: must be opened and this sectionraised before the body of thetrunk can be unlocked; The general objectof our invention is to improve upon the locking device of trunks of thischaracter by providing a locking de:

vice which has no projecting parts which will in any way tend to damageor tear clothes disposed within the trunk, or which will project fromthe edge of the trunk section so as to impede the removal of clothestherefrom, or be liable to catch on clothes of the user of the trunk.

And a further object is to provide a construction of this characterwherein the looking elements may be disposed on either sectionof thetrunk, that is wherein the looking elements may be reversed withrelation to the two sections of the trunk.

Still'another object is to provide a construction of this characterwherein a main locking device is provided at one end of the trunk, anauxiliary locking device at the other end of the trunk, and wherein anunlocking of the main locking device and a shifting movement thereof toan inoperative position will cause the release of the auxiliary lockingdevices. And a further object in this connection is to provide means forcausing both the main and auxiliary locking and latching devices toreturn to their operative positions automatically so that these devicesare in position for locking and so that the auxiliary latching devicemay be engaged with a keeper orhasp on the other section of the trunkupon a mere closing of the trunk sections and hasp and without thenecessity of locking the main locking devices.

Other objects have to do with the details of construction andarrangement of parts as will appear more fully hereafter.

The invention is illustrated in the accomp anying drawings, 2 whereinFigure l is a front elevation of a trunk constructed in accordance withour invenn;

Fig 2 is a vertical transverse sectionalview looking from the back ofthe trunk toward the front thereof;

'Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of the front of the trunk showing inelevation the socket for the lower hasp;

Fig. 4C is a fragmentary perspective view of the lower locking deviceorlatch and its operating means; 1

Fig. 5 is a sectional. view on the line 5-5 of Fig. l;

Fig. 6 is a section on] the line 6-6 of Fig 1;

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7--7 of Fig. 2.

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that the trunk asillustrated consists of the two main sections A and B which, as usual,are hinged to each other for movement toward and from each other, andhinged to the section A is a cover section C which, when the two mainsections are closed, is held from any opening movement. All of theseparts are of any ordinary and suitable construction and form no part ofour invention, and it is obvious that the trunk may be constructed inany suitable manner and may have any desired form and details.

Adjacent what is ordinarily the lower end of the trunk when the trunk isvertical, is a lock comprising a hasp 10 which has a head adapted to fitwithin the socket 11 attached to the section A, this hasp 10 beinghinged to a leaf or plate 12, at 13, which is pivotally mounted forrotary movement upon a rivet or equivalent element 14: passing throughthe wall of section B, as illustrated in Fig. 6. The head of the hasp 10carries a keeper 15 which, when the hasp 10 is closed, projects througha slot 16 in the socket 11 and is adapted to receive a latch bolt.Disposed within the socket 11 is a bifurcated spring 17 which resiststhe inward movement of the head of hasp 10, and when the locking bolt isreleased from the keeper 15, this spring throws the head of the hasp 10outward. Also acting to throw out the hasp is a spring leaf 18 which ismounted at its inner end against the veneer b of the section B andthrough which the rivet 1 1 or like element passes. This spring 18 atits end is outwardly deflected, and as before remarked, tends to throwthe hinged hasp 1O outward when the keeper is released by the latch.

For the purpose of holding the upper portion of the trunk closed, weprovide a looking device consisting of a leaf 19 which is rotatablymounted upon the veneer a of the 1 section A by means of a short,inwardly projecting stud or like element 20, and hinged to this leaf orplate 19 is the hasp 21 which engages in a socket 22 of ordinary form,this leaf 21 being provided w ith an ordinary lock 23 whereby this hasp21 may be locked to the socket. o do not wish to be limited to theparticular form of lock and we have only illustrated this conventionallyin Fig. 5. Any suitable locking means maybe employed.

On the inner end of the shaft or stud 20 is mounted a disk 21- whichrotates with this shaft or stud and carried by the disk is a wrist pin25. Attached to this wrist pin is a longitudinally extending connectingelement 26 mounted upon the inner face of section A. Just above thesocket 11 is a bolt casing 27 having therein the verticallyreciprocatable bolt 28. The lower end of this bolt is beveled and whenprojected engages in or through the keeper 15. This bolt islongitudinally slotted and within this slot is disposed a compressionspring 29. which engages at its lower end against the end wall of theslot and at its other end ongages with a lug or shoulder 30 formed uponthe bolt casing. It will be obvious, therefore, that the bolt isconstantly urged to a projected position. The upper end of the bolt isprovided with an eye which is connected by a link 31 to the connectingelement 26. The element 26 is shown as in the form of a rod or bar butwe do not wish to be limited to this, and it is further shown as beingguided by the two guides 32 and 83 which are in the form of hooksattached to the inner face of section A, these hooks having their endsextending over the connecting rod 26. The hooks are disposed atsuflicient distance from each other as to permit a slight lateralmovement of the connecting rod 26.

It will be obvious now, assuming that the trunk be looked, that thetrunk may be unlocked by unlocking the hasp 21 from its engagement withthe socket 22, and then using said hasp 21 as a handle to rotate thedisk 24:, thus the hasp 21 will be shifted to the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 1. This will cause a retraction of theconnectingrod 26 and of the bolt 28 against the action of spring 29. Thus, thebolt will release its engagement with the keeper 15 and immediately uponthis release, the springs 17 and 18 will throw the hasp 10 outward andout of the socket 11. Thus, both locking devices have been released. Thespring 29 will, of course, act to again project the bolt as soon as thehasp 21 has been re leased by the hand, thus drawing upon'the rod 26,rotating the disk 21 to the position shown in Fig. 1, and throwing thehasp 21 back to a horizontal position. It will be seen that the trunkhas been unlocked at two -points by unlocking the main hasp 21 andshifting it to the dotted line position in Fig. 1.

Now if it be again desired to close the sections of the trunk and lockthem, it is only necessary to bring the sections together and then thelower hasp 10 may be forced inward without regard to the upper hasp 21and the keeper 15 will force up the bolt 28 and then the bolt willspring back in place within the keeper, that is to the position shown inFig. 7 the flexible connection formed by the link 31 permitting thisupward movement of the keeper withoutcausing a movement of theconnecting rod 26 or a rotation of the crank disk 24. Then the upperlocking elementor hasp v21 may be locked in the usual manner and thetrunk is locked fully and completely. Thus, the trunk may beapparentlylocked, at least held from any accidental opening movement by simplyforcing the auxiliary hasp 10 into the socket 11 and withoutactually'locking the main hasp 21 in the socket 22 and without thenecessity of in any way manipulating the main hasp, while at the sametime the unlocking of the look and the shifting of the hasp 21 to thedotted line position in Fig. 1 will cause the simultaneous unlocking ofthe auxiliary device adjacent the lower end of the trun It will be seenthat this construction does away with projecting keepers on one sectionof the trunk projecting beyond the edge thereof, and furthermore thisconstruction does away with the necessity of a rigid lock ing barslidingly mounted upon the inner face of the other section and havinghooks to engage the keepers on the opposite, first named section. Wheresuch a bar is used, itis necessary to mount the sliding bar onthatsection B of the trunk which supports the drawers and the drawersmust be made narrower than the full width of the section in order toaccommodate this locking bar. Ifthe locking bar were reversed and placedupon the'inside face ofthat section of the trunk supporting the hangers,the sliding locking bar with. its hooks would be very liable to rubagainst andengage with the clothes hung upon the hangers, and would bevery liable to tear. or otherwise injure thin clothes, such as thindresses, lingerie,

etc, supported on these hangers. In practically all wardrobe trunks,therefore, this locking bar is disposed within the drawer section of thetrunk. We do away with a locking bar having hooks or other projectionsthereon and thus do away with anything which will tend to injure theclothes supported on the hangers. We can dispose the connecting rod 26andthe locking bolt and its casing on either section of the trunk, andparticularly can dispose these parts on the inner face of the hangersection of the trunk, 'thus "making the drawers of the drawer section offull width. Theguides 33 are not absolutely necessary and may beomitted, thus rendering any engagement between the rod 26 and the 1clothes still less likely, and further this rod 26 need not be wasused,but a chain, wire, or like flexible element might be provided,inasmuchas the rod 26 only acts asa pull element toretract thebolt'28and never as a pushing element to project the bolt. In this connection,it maybe pointed out that the rod 26 with the link 31 constitutes aflexible element, that is an element which, while exerting a pull onthebolt in order to retract it, will harem-t any-pushing action" on thebolt.

nnother of' the advantages oftithiswcone structi'on lies in the factthat warping of the cause ofthis flexible connection between the disk 2%and the bolt. Inasmuch as practically all trunks are formed of thin woodveneers, it is impossible to prevent these veneers from warping andwhere there is a locking rod having hooks thereon and mounted on theinner face of the veneer forming the front of one section of the trunk,any warping of this veneer will tend to throw the hooks on this lockingrod out of alinement with the keepers on the other section of the trunkso that these hooks and keepers will not engage with each other unlessthe warped sections be forced back into proper relation. With ourconstruction, however, it is a relatively easy matter, if the frontveneers are warped, to force the veneers into engagement with each otherwithout forcing them back into a flat condition, and under thesecircumstances the bolt 28 will engage the keeper 15 and the main hasp 21will engage the socket in precisely the same manner as if the veneerswere not warped, and the locking devices will function properly withoutregard to the warping of the veneers.

It will also be noted that both the upper and lower locking devices(hasp 21 and bolt 28) are automatically returned to a position wherethey may be locked by means of the spring- 29, and further that as soonas the bolt 28 has been'retracted from the keeper 15, the springs 17 and18 will-force the looking hasp of the auxiliary hasp 10 outward to itsunlocked position, and that this lower locking hasp may be shifted intoengagement with the bolt 28 by simply kicking or otherwise forcing thehasp 10'inward into its socket.

It will benoted from Fig. 6 that the U- shaped keeper 15. has one leg 15inclined so as to wedge against the end wall of the slot in the socket11 to thereby cause the two sections of the trunk to be drawn together.

lVhile we have illustrated a construction which has been found tobethoroughly practical in wardrobe trunks, yet we do not wish tobelimited to the details of construction, as it'is obvious that manychanges mightbe made therein without departing from the spirit oftheinvention as defined in the appended claims. I

1. A trunk having two hlngedly engaged sections and looking meanstherefor co1nprising a shiftable key-actuated locking de vice on onesection adapted to 'be shifted to or from a locking-position, aspring-projecte'd bolt mounted on the samesection of the keeper to shiftthe bolt and pass it,'and means operatively connected to the lockingdevice and the bolt to cause the retraction of the bolt upon theunlocking of the locking device and the shifting of said device in onedirection, said means permitting the return of the bolt to its lockingposition.

2. A trunk having two relatively movable sections and means for lockingthe sections comprising a locking device mounted on one section andmounted for movement toward or from the other section and for rotarymovement upon and parallel to the section on which it is mounted, aspring-projected bolt on the same section as the locking de vice, akeeper carried by the other section of the trunk with which the boltcoacts, and means operatively connecting the look ing device and bolt tocause the retraction of the bolt upon the unlocking of the lockingdevice and its rotation in one direction, said means permitting theindependent retractive movement of the bolt without shifting the lockingdevice.

3. A trunk having two relatively movable sections and means for lockingthe sections comprising a main key-operated lock on one section mountedthereon "for swinging movement toward or from the other section and forbodily rotatable movement, in a plane approximately parallel to theplane of the section on which it is mounted, a springprojected bolt onthe same section as the looking device and having its extremity beveled,a keeper carried by the other section of the trunk with which the boltcoacts, said keeper, when the trunk sections are shifted intoongagement, engaging the beveled end of the bolt and thereby passing thebolt, and straining means between the bolt and said locking devicewhereby to cause a retraction of the bolt upon a rotation of the lockingdevices in one direction, said straining means permitting theindependent shifting of the bolt from its projected position upon itsengagement with the coacting keeper.

4:. A trunk having two relatively movable sections, means for lockingthe sections comprising a main key operated locking device mounted onone section for swinging movement toward or from the other section andfor rotatable movement in a plane parallel to the plane of the section011 which it is mounted, a bolt on the same section, a spring acting toproject the bolt, said bolt having a beveled extremity, meansoperatively connecting the bolt and locking device whereby to cause aretraction of the bolt upon a rotation of the locking device, said meanspermitting the independent retractive movement of the bolt, and a keepermounted upon the other section of the trunk and when the sections arebeing closed 'engaging with the beveled end of the bolt to force thebolt to a retracted position to permit the keeper to pass the bolt, saidspring acting to urge the bolt to its projected position and rotate thelocking device to its look ing position.

5. A trunk having two sections hinged together and locking meansthere-tor comprising a lock-carrying hasp rotatably mounted on one ofsaid sections for movement parallel to the plane of said section, asocket on the other section with which said lock engages, an auxiliarylocking hasp on the last named section, a shiftable bolt on the firstnamed section, a keeper on the auxiliary hasp with which said boltautomatically engages when the sections are closed, and means connecting said bolt with said rotatably mounted lock casing to impart to thebolt a positive endwise movement in a direction to retract the bolt whensaid lock is rotated out of its locking position.

6. A trunk having two sections hinged together and locking meanstherefor co1nprising a main lock carrying hasp rotatably mounted on oneof said sections, a socket on the other section with which said haspengages, an auxiliary locking hasp on the second named section, anendwise movable bolt on the first named hasp, a keeper on the sec ondnamed section with which said bolt engages when the sections are closed,and means connecting said bolt with said rotatably mounted main hasp toimpart to the bolt a positive endwise movement in a direction to retractthe bolt when said main hasp is turned out of its locking position, aspring urging said bolt to a projected position, and means connectingthe bolt with the main hasp permitting an endwise movement of the boltin a direction to retract it independ ently of a movement of the mainhasp. V

7. A look mechanism including a key operated main lock, a spring hasp tocarry said main lock, a rotatable support for said hasp by means ofwhich said hasp may be oscillated, a bolt, a keeper with which the boltis adapted to coact, a crank operatively con nected to the rotatablehasp support and rotating therewith, flexible means whereby strain maybe applied to retract the bolt upon a rotation of the hasp support inone direction and whereby strain may be relieved on the bolt upon arotation of the hasp support in the other direction, and a spring actingto project the bolt to resist the movement of the hasp support in onedirection and to return the hasp support when the hasp support isreleased.

8. A lock mechanism comprising a main key operated look, a hasp to carrysaid main lock, a rotatable support for said has p by means of which thehasp maybe rotated, a reciprocatable bolt, means connecting the boltwith the rotatable support to cause a retraction of the bolt upon arotation of the support in one direction, a spring'urging main lockingdevice, a keeper on the other section with which the auxiliary lockingdevice engages, and a connection between the main" and auxiliary lockingdevices causing a positive disengagement of the auxiliary locking devicefrom the coacting keeper upon a shifting movement of the main lock ingdevice out of its locking position.

10. A trunk having two relatively movable sections and means for lockingthe sections comprising a shiftable key operated hasp, a rotatablesupport for said hasp mounted on one section of the trunk, aspring-projected bolt on the same section as the hasp, an operativeconnection between the rotatable hasp support and the bolt to cause aretraction of the bolt upon a rotation of said support in one direction,said connection permitting the independent retractive movement of thebolt, a secondhasp pivotally mounted upon the other section of the trunkfor outward swinging movement and carrying a keeper with which the boltcoacts, a socket on the first named section of the trunk into which thehead of said second named hasp is adapted to engage, and a springdisposed within the socket and adapted to urge the hasp to a releasedposition when the bolt releases the keeper.

11. A trunk having two relatively movable sections and means for lockingthe sections comprising a shiftable key operated hasp, a rotatablesupport for said hasp mounted on one section of the trunk, aspring-projected bolt on the same section as the hasp, an operativeconnection between the rotatable hasp support and the bolt to cause aretraction of the bolt upon a rotation of said support in one direction,said connection permitting the independent retractive movement of thebolt, a second hasp pivotally mounted upon the other section of thetrunk for outward swinging movement and carrying a keeper with which thebolt coacts, a socket on the first named section of the trunk into whichthe head of said second named hasp is adapted to engage, a springdisposed within the socket and adapted to urge the hasp to a releasedposition when the bolt releases the keeper, and an outward urging springmounted on the second named section and engaging the second named haspto force it outward upon the release of the keeper. 7 a

12. A trunk having two relatively movable sections and means for lockingthe sec tions together comprising a key operated main lock,a rotatablesupport mounted on one section of the trunk, a spring hasp carrying saidmain lock and pivotally connected to the support, and aspring-projected, reciprocatable bolt mounted on the same section of thetrunk as the rotatable support, a

hasp pivotally mounted on the other section of the trunk and having akeeper, a socket nounted' on the first named section into which the headof the hasp engages and having a slot through which the keeper projects,the keeper being engaged by said bolt and the bolt having a beveledextremity whereby the keeper may pass the bolt when the head of thekeeper is inserted in said socket, and means operatively connected tothe rotatable hasp supporting member whereby a rotation of said haspsupporting member in one direction will retract the bolt to permit thereleaseof said second named spring hasp, said means permitting the boltto be independently shifted to a retracted position by engagement withthe keeper on the last named hasp without aifecting the rotatablesupport for the first named hasp.

13. A latch comprising a pivoted; hasp having a keeper, a socket withwhich the head of the hasp engages and having a slot for the keeper,locking means for engaging said keeper or releasin it, and a springmounted within the socxet and urging the head of the hasp outward fromthe socket.

14. The combination with a trunk having two sections hinged together, oflocking means therefor comprising a lock casing rotatably mounted on oneof said sections, a bolt mounted upon the same section, a keeper on theother section with which said bolt en-- gages when the sections areclosed, a spring urging said bolt to a projected position, and means foroperatively engaging the rotatable lock casing with the bolt comprisinga longitudinally extending connecting rod, and a link pivotallyconnecting one extremit of the connecting rod with said bolt, the bolthaving a beveled extremity and the keeper being adapted to engage saidbeveled extremity and shift the bolt to a retracted position to permitthe keeper to pass the bolt, said link permitting said retraction of thebolt without affecting the rotatable lock casing.

15. A trunk having hinged sections, a main locking device mounted uponone of said sections and bodily shiftable in a plane parallel to saidsection and in a plane at right angles to the section and adapted toengage the two sections together at one point, an auxiliary,spring-operated locking device mounted on the same section as the mainlockin device and adaptedto engage the two sectlons together at anotherpoint,

and means for causing the unlocking of the auxiliary locking device uponthe unlocking and outward movement of the main locking device and theshifting of the main locking device parallel to the section upon whichit is mounted, said means permitting the looking of the auxiliarylocking device independently of the shifting movement of the mainlocking device.

16. A trunk having two hinged sections, a key-operated, main lockingdevice adapted to engage the two sections together at one point, anauxiliary spring-operated locking device adapted to engage the twosections together at another point, and a connection operativelyconnecting the main locking device and the auxiliary locking devicetogether in all positions of the main locking device and causing theunlocking oi" the auz'qih iary locking device upon the unlocking oi themain locking device but permitting the locking of the auxiliary lockingdevice independently ot the main locking device.

17 A trunk having hinged sections, a keyoperated main locking deviceadapted to en gage the two sections together at one point an auxiliary,sprin and a coacting spring hasp, the bolt and hasp being adapted toengage the two sections together at another point, and a connection atall times engaged with the auxiliary locking bolt and the main lockingdevice, said connection causing the shifting of the auxiliary lockingbolt to an unlocked position upon a shifting of the main locking devicesout of locking relation to each other, said means permitting theshifting of the locking bolt independently of the main lockin g device.

. In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures.

WILLIAM W. DUNN. JOHN H. BEASLEY.

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